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reducing test anxiety and helping with test strategies.

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(TEACHER READS
DIRECTIONS BELOW TO CLASS)

Type
1.

Look at the picture. Then read the words
in the rows. Mark under the one word in each row that tells something about the
picture.

chicken
O

children
O

cats
O

art
O

math
O

west
O

happy
O

cry
O

sick
O

Called
"CONTENT CLUSTER"

Tests the ability to look at a picture and to recognize the correct
words
within the context of the picture.

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
2.

Find the word that is made up of two words.

beneath
O

surprise
O

sunrise
O

Compound Words

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
3.

Mark under . . . happiest
My friend is the happiest person.

happier
O

happiest
O

happy
O

Inflectional Endings (Suffixes)

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
4.

Which one means he will?
He will come with me.

he's
O

he'd
O

he'll
O

CONTRACTIONS

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
5.

Mark under the word that has the same sound as
the underlined letter in say . . . . say

say

corn
O

nice
O

care
O

Phonetic Analysis
Single Consonants

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
6.

Mark under the word that has the same sounds as
the underlined letters in brick . . . brick.

brick

belong
O

bread
O

Rick
O

Phonetic Analysis
Consonant Clusters (blends)

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
7.

Mark under the word that has the same sounds as
the underlined letters in chair . . . chair

chair

show
O

when
O

each
O

Phonetic Analysis
Consonant Digraphs

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
8.

Mark under the word that has the same sound as
the underlined letter in wish . . . wish.

wish

sign
O

shine
O

lid
O

Phonetic Analysis
Short Vowel Sounds

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
9.

Mark under the word that has the same sound as
the underlined letter in gave . . . gave

gave

meat
O

today
O

gone
O

Phonetic Analysis
Long Vowel Sounds

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)

Type
10.

Mark under the word that has the same sounds as
the underlined letters in could . . . could.

could

bought
O

wood
O

told
O

Phonetic Analysis
Other Vowel Sounds

(CHILD READS PROMPT BELOW - NO TEACHER
HELP)

Type
11.

It
is a fish.
It has many teeth.

O

O

O

Two-Sentence
Stories - Riddles

Test Tip:
Note how the question attempts to "trick" the child into picking the first
choice as the lion also has many teeth. There are many trick questions like this
which have one-half a right answer..

(CHILD READS SENTENCES BELOW - NO TEACHER HELP)

Type
12.

I have wings.
I am small and lay eggs in a nest.
Can you guess what I am?

This animal is a

O plane
O bird
O bore

Short Passages
with Questions
Textual Interpretation

(CHILD READS SENTENCES BELOW)

Type
13.

A duck
is in the -

soap
O

tub
O

ground
O

It likes to -

sink
O

float
O

cry
O

Short Passages
(Cloze)

Allows children to answer without reading a question.

HINT:
Best strategy with these questions is to identify all objects in picture first, rather
than reading the sentence first and then looking for answers in the picture.

(CHILD READS STORY BELOW)

Type
14.

Zuma's
Nickel

This morning Zuma found a nickel.
"Can I buy a toy plane?" Zuma asked his dad.
"Not with a nickel," said his dad.
"Can I buy some candy?" Zuma asked.
"Not with a nickel," said his dad.
"I guess I will keep my nickel for later,"
said Zuma.

What did Zuma want to do?

O Make some candy

O Go to the zoo

O Buy a toy

Short Passages
with Questions.
Recreational
Initial Understanding

HINT:
Teach about use
of unusual names in stories. Encourage students to go back and re-read if necessary.

Type
15.

A Game

1. Here is a game you can play with your mother.
Put five snack foods on a table. Have your mom look at all the foods.

2. Tell your mom to close her eyes.
Then eat one of the foods.

3. Have your mom open her eyes and guess what food you ate.

A good name for this game is
O Whose Food Is This?
O What Did I Eat?
O Guess My Color